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(American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:COVER-cover.)
© 2001 Botanical Society of
America, Inc.
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Cover Illustration: A nocturnal rodent,
Gerbilluris paeba, feeds on the copious amounts of jelly-like
nectar produced by flowers of the African lily Massonia depressa
(Hyacinthaceae). This lily, which has flowers situated at ground level, is
the first monocotyledon discovered to be pollinated by rodents. The
striking similarities between the flowers of M. depressa and those
of unrelated rodent-pollinated Protea spp. (Proteaceae) provide
strong support for the concept of convergent floral syndromes. See Johnson
et al.: Rodent pollination in the African lily Massonia depressa
(Hyacinthaceae), in the forthcoming October (vol. 88, no. 10) issue. Photo
credit: Steve Johnson and Anton Pauw.
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